Abstract
This volume is a collection of eight essays. After an introductory chapter by the editors, pointing to the importance of the subject, there are two papers on Girolamo Cardano. First, Germana Ernst discusses Cardano's early rejection of Arabic authorities and his desire to return to the work of Ptolemy. This belief in ancient authority is reminiscent of the then-contemporary medical search for an uncorrupted Galen. Considered the greatest astrologer of the sixteenth century, Cardano insisted that astrology and religion were in basic agreement. Anthony Grafton and Nancy Siraisi turn next to Cardano's medical astrology and show that "for the most part, he seems to have viewed astrology and medicine as [End Page 186] separate disciplines with their own theoretical (and practical) bases" (pp. 27-28). Cardano sought to revive Ptolemy's astrology through his extensive commentary on the Tetrabiblos, but his work in this field seems to have concentrated more on the reform of astronomy than on its application to medicine.
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